Protik Islam-Jakobsson
@protik.bsky.social
Sometimes I think; sometimes I am.
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
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Calling all Palaeoanthropology Researchers to please check whether this "Fast Fact" in my kids' book lines up with the beginning of human origins and Palaeolithic populations
#HardScience
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#HardScience
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January 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Calling all Palaeoanthropology Researchers to please check whether this "Fast Fact" in my kids' book lines up with the beginning of human origins and Palaeolithic populations
#HardScience
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#HardScience
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Western civilization has nothing on non-western brekkies 🤤
my daily breakfast - a bowl of warm sticky rice with soy sauce, sesame oil and some form of chilli oil topped with a crispy fried egg - is a delight all year round but truly I cannot begin to tell you how much it hits the spot on cold winter mornings, flawless start to the day every time
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Western civilization has nothing on non-western brekkies 🤤
Anyway, IF illegal content really were restricted to paying X users only, it would be important to get that payment data in order to investigate criminals + get them banned by payment processors
January 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Anyway, IF illegal content really were restricted to paying X users only, it would be important to get that payment data in order to investigate criminals + get them banned by payment processors
This is another example of how fully western media has internalized the abuser logic of the far right.
Good example of the Dutch version of the American “only the Democrats have agency” thinking problem. A community gazette article on someone who does something nice for immigrants will make far-right voters angry, this sort of polarization is the left’s fault
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
This is another example of how fully western media has internalized the abuser logic of the far right.
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The story this week is so important, in my view.
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The story this week is so important, in my view.
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
It's about the morals of Big Tech and billionaires with riches and power beyond limit - but just far broader than that how far are government and authorities here and around the world willing to let them go.
(1/2)
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If the line isn't "I'm not willing to share the pitch on a site that is not just hosting, not just creating but also now monetising non-consensual images of women and girls" - then there is no line.
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
If the line isn't "I'm not willing to share the pitch on a site that is not just hosting, not just creating but also now monetising non-consensual images of women and girls" - then there is no line.
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The end of the line for me as a news reporter was my pieces or my posts being used as launchpads in comments or Quote Tweets for misinformation.
If you're a conspiracy theorist or racist - jump straight in to the top comment spot or use the reporting to gather new followers, spread your message
If you're a conspiracy theorist or racist - jump straight in to the top comment spot or use the reporting to gather new followers, spread your message
January 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The end of the line for me as a news reporter was my pieces or my posts being used as launchpads in comments or Quote Tweets for misinformation.
If you're a conspiracy theorist or racist - jump straight in to the top comment spot or use the reporting to gather new followers, spread your message
If you're a conspiracy theorist or racist - jump straight in to the top comment spot or use the reporting to gather new followers, spread your message
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Read the argument today that people should try to influence the narratives on the other website rather than abandon it.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
January 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Read the argument today that people should try to influence the narratives on the other website rather than abandon it.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
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It's unbelievably hard, nigh on impossible, to influence a zealot in a few tweets. Engaging with the worst trolls in good faith doesn't produce results, it just amplifies them and fuels their hate. They don't want to be influenced by your alternative viewpoint.
Read the argument today that people should try to influence the narratives on the other website rather than abandon it.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
I respect the view but - you're not influencing anyone.
Legacy media views throttled to death. Someone gave this example.
@BBC - 2m followers. Meg IP. One retweet. 12k views.
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 AM
It's unbelievably hard, nigh on impossible, to influence a zealot in a few tweets. Engaging with the worst trolls in good faith doesn't produce results, it just amplifies them and fuels their hate. They don't want to be influenced by your alternative viewpoint.
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IMPORTANT: Paris has more than “vision.” They have clear plans. Including a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan:
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
IMPORTANT: Paris has more than “vision.” They have clear plans. Including a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan:
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
- 300 million € invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of ped space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer ped cross times
Does your city follow smart plans?
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Maybe let's share starter packs again for people new or reactivated on the site?
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Maybe let's share starter packs again for people new or reactivated on the site?
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
Det känns verkligen som att de helt enkelt inte vill ha kvar någon personal
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Det känns verkligen som att de helt enkelt inte vill ha kvar någon personal
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One like and I'll post my research proposal on disability and farming as a thread.
January 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM
One like and I'll post my research proposal on disability and farming as a thread.
and the reason journos won't ask politicians and officials why they're maintaining active paid accounts on the nazi pedobot platform is that they're doing it too
If politicians cite engagement as a reason to stay on Twitter they’re ignorant or lying - it’s hopelessly infiltrated by bad actors and has never, ever been the best place to engage with regular people.
They just mean that journalists use it.
They just mean that journalists use it.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
and the reason journos won't ask politicians and officials why they're maintaining active paid accounts on the nazi pedobot platform is that they're doing it too
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This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
If they intend to do anything they must do it very soon
There is a far quicker and easier first step here than a ban - simply stop government and Labour accounts using a platform that enables the creation & sharing of CSAM (+ whose owner has long ago weaponised it to promote far right conspiracies theories about the UK, ffs)
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
US congresswoman threatens to 'sanction Britain' if Starmer bans X over deepfakes | LBC
A US congresswoman has threatened to
www.lbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
If they intend to do anything they must do it very soon
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Same for the Netherlands. Can our new coalition government please stop communicating via X?
There is a far quicker and easier first step here than a ban - simply stop government and Labour accounts using a platform that enables the creation & sharing of CSAM (+ whose owner has long ago weaponised it to promote far right conspiracies theories about the UK, ffs)
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
US congresswoman threatens to 'sanction Britain' if Starmer bans X over deepfakes | LBC
A US congresswoman has threatened to
www.lbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Same for the Netherlands. Can our new coalition government please stop communicating via X?
this is a fantastic framing of the fascist impulse—and perhaps the best way to understand the pisspants vance persona
So, one of the things I'm trying to get across in this next book, on a really deep level level, is how the nation could never have got this way--where any frightened cop gets to kill anyone--is because of political choices made after 9/11: to become, as I put it, a "bedwetter nation."
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
this is a fantastic framing of the fascist impulse—and perhaps the best way to understand the pisspants vance persona
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I think that this is correct. I think a lot, though, about how attacks on NYC and DC were interpreted by Americans throughout this enormous country as attacks on them ... which coexists today with the deep hatred of the actual people who live in NYC and DC
I've long said that one of the reasons some Americans went so deep into the sadism and cruelty of Gitmo, dark sites and torture after 9/11 was because they were ashamed of how scared they were that day, and how visible to the world that fear was, both of which were unacceptable to US self-image.
So, one of the things I'm trying to get across in this next book, on a really deep level level, is how the nation could never have got this way--where any frightened cop gets to kill anyone--is because of political choices made after 9/11: to become, as I put it, a "bedwetter nation."
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I think that this is correct. I think a lot, though, about how attacks on NYC and DC were interpreted by Americans throughout this enormous country as attacks on them ... which coexists today with the deep hatred of the actual people who live in NYC and DC
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I have declined two requests to review for the Royal Society in recent months due to their inaction on Elon Musk’s clear breach of their code of conduct for their fellowship — the position of their board is hypocritical and immensely damaging to the reputation of UK science
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
I have declined two requests to review for the Royal Society in recent months due to their inaction on Elon Musk’s clear breach of their code of conduct for their fellowship — the position of their board is hypocritical and immensely damaging to the reputation of UK science
fellows should boycott the RS for its craven inaction, and publicly castigate those who have let him keep his status
I have declined two requests to review for the Royal Society in recent months due to their inaction on Elon Musk’s clear breach of their code of conduct for their fellowship — the position of their board is hypocritical and immensely damaging to the reputation of UK science
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
fellows should boycott the RS for its craven inaction, and publicly castigate those who have let him keep his status
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How many citizens were killed by police in each country between 2010-2019:
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
How many citizens were killed by police in each country between 2010-2019:
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
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Adjusted pr. capita
Canada: 7.82
France: 3.58
Germany: 1.19
Australia: 2.04
United Kingdom: 0.32
United States: 45.07
Canada: 7.82
France: 3.58
Germany: 1.19
Australia: 2.04
United Kingdom: 0.32
United States: 45.07
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Adjusted pr. capita
Canada: 7.82
France: 3.58
Germany: 1.19
Australia: 2.04
United Kingdom: 0.32
United States: 45.07
Canada: 7.82
France: 3.58
Germany: 1.19
Australia: 2.04
United Kingdom: 0.32
United States: 45.07
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Checking in on the Washington Post editorial board’s take on the new RFK-approved food pyramid, and I really cannot believe how lazy these people are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Checking in on the Washington Post editorial board’s take on the new RFK-approved food pyramid, and I really cannot believe how lazy these people are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...